PLAZOLA v. UNITED STATES

No. 17132.

291 F.2d 56 (1961)

Luis Sanchez PLAZOLA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

April 4, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Harvey and Harry D. Steward, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Thomas R. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., and Paul Hofflund, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES, JERTBERG and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was charged in Count I with unlawfully importing and bringing into the United States from Mexico fifty-eight pounds of marijuana on January 20, 1960, contrary to Title 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a. Count II charged a violation of the same act on the same date with respect to the same amount of marijuana brought from Mexico by concealing and facilitating transportation thereof. Appellant was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment on each...

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